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Wounded Amazon, Rome, 150 CE, Marble. Nye Carlsberg Glyptotek (Copenhagen, Denmark). Made with Memento Beta (now ReMake) from AutoDesk. The amazon has a sword cut under her right arm, from which blood is trickling. It is said that a famous Greek artist competed for the honour of executing a statue of a wounded Amazon for the Temple of Artemis at Ephesos. For more updates, please follow @GeoffreyMarchal on Twitter.
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Marchal, G. (2017, February 06). Wounded Amazon. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image3d/87/wounded-amazon/
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Marchal, Geoffrey. "Wounded Amazon." World History Encyclopedia, February 06, 2017. https://www.worldhistory.org/image3d/87/wounded-amazon/.
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